Project Moved

For various reasons, we have decided to move this project to Google Code. Please do not post issues or patches here, post them on the google code project. Here is the new project site:

http://codesmith.googlecode.com/

Project Description
This project contains all of the CodeSmith sample templates and projects. We have created this project so that the CodeSmith community can always have access to the latest updates as well as contribute patches and samples.

CodeSmith Tools Website
http://www.codesmithtools.com/

PLINQO

PLINQO, which stands for Professional LINQ to Objects, is a collection of CodeSmith templates that are meant to replace and extend the LINQ to SQL designers that are included with Visual Studio 2008.

Features

• Generate or update a LINQ to SQL dbml file from a database schema.
• Includes all tables, stored procedures, functions, and views with the ability to exclude objects based on regex patterns.
• Ability to automatically remove object prefix and suffixes (ie. tbl_ and usp_).
• Dbml file can still be customized with the normal Visual Studio 2008 designer.
• Dbml file can be refreshed based on the current database schema without losing customizations. (See Safe Attributes)
• Generation of the LINQ to SQL DataContext class.
• Generation of the LINQ to SQL entity classes.
• Generates one file per entity instead of one massive file.
• Generates partial classes where custom code can be written and won't be overwritten.
• Generated entity files are added to the project as code behind files to their corresponding custom entity files.
• Generation of entity manager classes.
• Adds customizable business rules engine to enforce entity validation, business and security rules.
• Provides access to common queries based on primary keys, foreign keys, and indexes.
• Common queries are exposed as IQueryable so they can be extended.
• All templates can be customized to meet your needs.

http://community.codesmithtools.com/blogs/pwelter/archive/2007/08/08/plinqo.aspx